Sand Tarts
alt.cooking-chien/Cryambers (Pat) (1999)
Source: family recipe

These are the cookies we make every year for Christmas - well, actually, from Thanksgiving through New Years. For some of the Christmas batches I decorate them with red and green sugar crystals instead of the sugar-cinnamon-nut. They are a lot of work but are just wonderful. (The recipe makes a *lot* of cookies. I've never counted.) - Pat

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon water
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4 cups flour, sifted

Combine all ingredients and work into a dough. Roll thin and cut with cookie cutters. Brush with egg white, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon; press nut in center. Bake in preheated 375 oven for 8-10 minutes.